tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114287452009-07-10T22:14:14.225-07:00Howfunky...a place with useless technical content!Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-32910918648949406522009-07-10T21:17:00.000-07:002009-07-10T22:14:14.237-07:00

This morning we had a Cisco Technology Solution Specialist (TSS) WebEx meeting going over things related to the TSS program. It seems that Cisco want to put all the TSS folks through two sets of training. Apparently we need to work on "Soft Skills" - which seems to imply that they want engineers out selling and closing deals at a higher volume in the current marketplace.The economy is dictating

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-69969855512308671852009-07-01T11:16:00.001-07:002009-07-01T11:51:59.357-07:00

Well, I am happy to report that I still have my Microsoft MVP status. Many thanks to my MVP Lead Jake Grey and all the other wonderful Microsoft MVP staff who make the whole program possible. I deeply appreciate the award and recognition that Microsoft has shown to me.I am hoping to hear that some of my other colleagues might be getting some good news and that others will be returning too.- Ed

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-76727561783520399302009-06-29T12:06:00.000-07:002009-06-29T12:16:12.419-07:00

There are a few other blogs that are worth follow out there, here are some new ones I am starting to watch:Colin McNamara - good content on Cisco UCS, Virtualization, CCxE topicsJennelle Crothers - some good stuff on Windows and general IT Pro issues, plus she is really cool.colovirt - good info on network infrastructure and storage- Ed

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Cisco annual conference is in San Francisco this week. I'll be darting over to attend a Partner event Tuesday evening. In the past I have attended Cisco Networkers but my schedule hasn't allowed me much time to attend.I might try to make it in to see the expo floor later this week.On a related note, Cisco announced their newest certification at Live! - Cisco Certified Architect - requires a

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-75463265587884662712009-06-17T09:41:00.000-07:002009-06-17T09:46:41.777-07:00

I attended Microsoft TechEd for the first time ever this year. It was down in Los Angeles and while there I was interviewed by the Microsoft MVP Team. Here is the video. They also have video interviews with Daniel Nerenberg, a bunch of the video's will be released shortly and the list of them can be found here.Many thanks to Emily Freet and to my MVP Lead Jake Grey for having me stick around

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-13877846616757254842009-05-20T18:58:00.001-07:002009-05-20T19:00:57.952-07:00

Joe Davies has a new Cable Guy article up about DirectAccess that folks should read. In addition, there is a new Step by Step Guide for a DirectAccess lab (which looks a lot like Joe wrote it - but I haven't confirmed that yet)I've been slow getting my DirectAccess deployment going at work, seems other items keep getting in the way but I hope to get more done this week and have something to

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-52156823981877263062009-05-15T11:11:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:44:19.553-07:00

I think out of anything coming out of the Microsoft Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 releases the feature I am most excited about is DirectAccess (anyone remember DirectConnect?) Microsoft has some excellent content starting to build up at http://www.microsoft.com/directaccess which gives an overview of how DirectAccess works and how it can be utilized so I won't repeat that here.I have had the

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-6003462998997496792009-05-15T10:40:00.000-07:002009-05-15T10:54:01.109-07:00

This was my first time attending TechEd and I had a wonderful time catching up with Stephen Rose, Joe Davies, Emily Freet, Jake Gray, Devrim Iyigun and lots of others with Microsoft. It was also nice seeing Betsy Weber with TechSmith, she is always entertaining. Got introduced to and a chance to chat with Rhonda Layfield (thanks Stephen!) regarding IPv6.I also meet several other Microsoft MVP's

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-68027369578956259792009-05-04T15:47:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:54:28.105-07:00

Tomorrow evening PacITPros will be hosting their regular monthly meeting however this one is very special.Quick quote from the announcement:"The Windows Server product and planning groups are joining us on May 5th to meet face-to-face with PacITPros members and capture valuable feedback related to your future IT business priorities. Your input will help establish the foundational feedback that

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-84599964154283706102009-04-21T08:41:00.000-07:002009-04-21T08:53:37.929-07:00

I've been lucky enough to be added as part of the Microsoft Springboard Series Technical Expert Panel or STEP program for Windows 7. I've been developing IPv6 content for people participating in the Springboard series to present to their local IT Pro User groups. Check out the Springboard series, Stephen Rose has been doing a great job getting all this content together, its a huge effort.After

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-57804971566802487122009-03-05T21:52:00.000-08:002009-03-05T21:59:21.417-08:00

March 13th 2005 was my first post - has it really been that long? I said howfunky.com was going to deal with technical stuff, primarily around:DNS and specifically Reverse DNS issues.Cisco routing, switching and content deliverySender Policy Framework (SPF)Microsoft Network OptimizationFor the most part I've been pretty on topic - SPF has changed - but I still am concerned with how email sender

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-78678984449905000412009-03-05T20:50:00.000-08:002009-03-05T21:48:37.659-08:00

I wasn't sure if I was going to attend the Microsoft MVP Summit this year. After the MVP program decided to remove the Windows Server - Networking category I didn't think I had much reason to attend and honestly was expecting to not be renewed because of the category going away.I am now very happy I changed my mind and I attended. It seems that my new category of Enterprise Security felt that

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-83772241987372742662009-02-18T19:52:00.001-08:002009-02-18T19:57:59.454-08:00

I am finally getting around to posting about a cool new tool in Windows 7, it's called Problem Step Recorder. Just pull up a command window and type psr or execute it from the run option on the start menu.It will not replace a remote desktop solution for help desk support people but I can see this as being very useful for remote works who can't get a system working properly or can't describe

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-2671040433658517502009-02-11T13:56:00.001-08:002009-02-11T13:58:06.421-08:00

I finally got around to booking the Summit, Hotel and Airfare. I am trying to get into the sessions for Networking items but I am not holding my breath at all. I might have to find them while I am actually there. Looking forward to March 1-4 to enjoy some quality Microsoft technical time.- Ed

Ed Horleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493982547680410823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-65372665987077559752009-02-01T13:15:00.000-08:002009-02-02T08:36:18.256-08:00

The Nexus 2000 is now orderable so Cisco DC vision is just about complete. When the Nexus 1000v is final than Cisco's vision for the data center will be a full leap ahead of everyone else in the industry. They will have a full product line that can bridge the gap between today's data center needs and support what your data center will look like for several years to come.The remarkable thing is

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-40115499311372981802009-02-01T13:00:00.001-08:002009-02-01T13:14:49.362-08:00

I downloaded Windows 7 beta when it was made available to Microsoft MVP's. I need to still get it loaded up and working since the two times I tried to load it as a VM it failed horribly. I've gotten to play with some colleagues Windows 7 machines and I must admit they have gotten it working much faster then Vista. I think we will see Microsoft roll out Windows 7 by June or July, they got so

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-84947321970836210542009-01-01T11:52:00.000-08:002009-01-01T11:56:35.386-08:00

I got an invite from the Electronic Frontier Foundation regarding their 18th birthday. It is hard to imagine a world in tech without the EFF, if you follow the news at all you know they are doing all sorts of things to push back on the erosion of rights in the digital age.They are a worthy group, so consider them in your annual giving for donations.- Ed

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-63678432027075052712008-12-21T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-01T11:52:41.227-08:00

For those that are keeping track there was an interim release on Dec 5th for asa804-16-k8.bin plus as I noted before there is now an ASDM release of 6.1.5.51 or asdm-61551.bin which is compatible with Jave 6.10 or 6.11. There is one issue I have found with the newer ASA code, it does not appear to honor the global translation timeout settings. So if you have long flow sessions (big single tcp

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-90825179315438729852008-11-12T15:51:00.001-08:002008-11-12T15:55:04.168-08:00

Well, I took the plunge and did a clean install of Ubuntu 8.10. I was running 7.10 and it was very stable, I passed on 8.04 since I heard about a lot of problems. I have to admit I am happy so far. Sound, video, external video, bluetooth are all working. The new NetworkManager is excellent and works as expected. VMware workstation 6.5 is working too. I just have to get Cisco VPN working and

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-84366208519472387592008-11-12T15:46:00.000-08:002008-11-12T15:50:53.729-08:00

Cisco has posted an ASDM update 6.1(5)51 that is compatible with Java 1.6.0_10 (6u10). This takes care of the problem of running the newest Java but having to keep old versions around to support the older ASDM releases that required 6u7.- Ed

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-65273019855450193252008-10-29T18:09:00.000-07:002008-10-29T18:18:42.341-07:00

OK, it is very clear now that the UC plan for Cisco is to move all services to Web 2.0 and give customers the choice of either running the solution in house, in the cloud or a combo.That being said, I don't think it is all baked out yet (they have purchased Jabber but where that is going to fit in with WebEx ? MeetingPlace I am unclear) but I did get the message loud and clear on one thing... the

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-13982971031958786432008-10-17T20:37:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:46:49.256-07:00

Cisco just finished up their UC Partner VT in San Jose and Web 2.0 services are a huge part of what they are up to with the UC product family. It also seems that Cisco is turning into an everything but Microsoft sort of play. All the product families are on Linux, heavy development on Apple integration and support within the whole Cisco product families plus moving to more "open" standards in

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-69769284500600772022008-09-16T10:13:00.000-07:002008-09-16T10:21:39.684-07:00

I am attending the Disaster Recovery Journal semi-annual conference in San Diego this week. It is definitely a different sort of conference then what I am typically used to attending from the tech side of the fence. There seems to be a high number of folks who are much more concerned about business process but know very little about how IT functions and works and even fewer who really grasp how

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-16088597625580346822008-07-01T15:48:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:51:53.811-07:00

I got the official word this morning and I have been renewed for another year. To be honest, I was very surprised about this since my original MVP category of Windows Server - Networking was eliminated and I was moved to Identity and Access - Enterprise Security. I haven't changed my focus at all even though I have been put in a new category and felt it hurt my chances of becoming an MVP again.

Howfunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910843690691777096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428745.post-21547554551500960312008-06-24T08:56:00.000-07:002008-06-24T09:02:40.362-07:00

Even though it technically started on June 22 things don't really start until today if you look at the schedule. I've attended Networkers in the past and it is a good conference but I am going to hold out until next year when it is here in the San Francisco Bay Area.For those that follow conferences it looks like Microsoft's TechEd will be in Los Angeles next year. Both conferences were in

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